ABOUT

Erno Vroonen (*1956 in Belgium) is a private curatorial advisor and independent curator for contemporary art based in Munich and Brussels. After his studies in Art
History and Archeology he started his career in the 1980s with his gallery Polynero (1984-88) and as an art consultant in Antwerp, Belgium. In 1996 he moved to Germany, where he became artistic
director of the Aktionsforum Praterinsel in Munich (1998-2002). His love for contemporary art inspired a lot of collectors, curators, gallerists and artists.

From 2006-2008 and 2010-2012 Erno Vroonen advised the „Spirit of BOZ Association Julien Friedler for Contemporary Art“ for exhibitions and the conceptional
development of the association. In this context he curated the exhibition trilogy BeBOZ in Munich (2008) with the focus on the theme „Alternative dialogues in our Contemporary Culture“.

From 2008-2012 he worked as a curatorial advisor for the Groeninghe collective in Bruges, Belgium, where he advised purchases from artists such as Tomas Saraceno, Ida
Ekblad, Damiàn Ortega, Pamela Rosenkranz, Thomas Zipp, Matthias Dornfeld, David Claerbout and Rinus van de Velde (amongst others).

Erno Vroonen is very well known for discovering in an early stage promising talents. For that reason he was also invited as a reviewer for the 2011 edition of
„Mannheim Fotofestival“, curated by Katerina Gregos: The Eye Is A Lonely Hunter.

From 2014-2018/19 he worked as a curatorial advisor for the private Belgian collection Van Tuyckom-Taets in order to upgrade and contextualize the
collection. In this context he also co-supervised the public presentation of the collection at Vlerick Business School in Brussels and Gent.

In May 2016 he curated an exhibition for the auction house Karl & Faber in Munich called "Second Chance", dealing with the idea of freeports for art.

From 2018 off Erno Vroonen invested more time in advising artists, regarding content and strategy. In 2019 he took the decision to reactivate an initiative he initially presented at the Brussels
Art Fair in 2014. „The School of Awareness“ deals with the fact that nowadays it becomes more than important that artists get access to independent advisory regarding the finetuning of their artistic
work and their possible careers.

Since 1999 he is having a regular teaching assignment and gives lectures at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich (Master Studies Art & Therapy).

Erno Vroonen, who is fluent in 5 languages, provides professional and individually aligned art services due to his longtime experience and contacts within the international art world.